Leveraging search in your application


To add a search capability to your application, you can use Full Text Search (FTS), global search, or cognitive search based on your business needs. The following scenarios help you decide:

  • Use full text search when you want an index-driven search capability.
  • Use global search when you want to search multiple record definitions in an application.
  • Use cognitive search when you want an AI-driven search capability.

For more information about full text search, global search, and cognitive search, see Search-capabilities-for-custom-applications.

Consult the following use cases for information about adding a search capability to your application:

Use case

Business value

Products used

Helps application business analysts enable fields and record definitions for a full text search so that users can leverage index-driven search. Helps administrators enable global search so that users can search multiple forms across the application.

  • BMC Helix Innovation Studio

Helps application business analysts to enable cognitive search for applications so that users can leverage AI-driven search.

  • BMC Helix Innovation Studio
  • IBM Watson Discovery

 

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